Researcher Josh Jones stood on the Arctic ice and put his arm in to see how salty the water might be at Barrow, Alaska.

David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

The Big Unchill

The Arctic ice is melting faster than ever recorded, the warmth tied to the emissions of modern life. But it is the ancient ways at the top of the world that are most at risk. By David Abel

Woman hospitalized after blast at R.I. beach

Officials said the blast could be a ?possible natural explosion,? and did not believe it to be a terrorist attack or a bomb.

Hillary Rodham Clinton met supporters at a house party in Glen, N.H. on July 4.

A new crop of backers are hosting Clinton fund-raising galas

The fresh crop of hosts speaks to Hillary Clinton?s ability to swell her reach beyond the circle that backed her 2008 bid.

Dave Anderson visited The Wall That Heals, a reproduction of the Washington, DC Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, on display in Gloucester on Friday.

Kevin Cullen

Finding, recalling veterans at Wall That Heals

The list of 25 names Dave Anderson carried were those of men he served with who died in Vietnam, where he arrived as a young Marine 47 years ago.

Retired Genzyme chief executive Henri Termeer posed for a portrait at his office in Marblehead.

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Genzyme?s ?diaspora? spreads across the biotech world

Dozens of biotech chiefs trace their roots to the iconic Cambridge firm and their ways to the leader who molded them, Henri Termeer.

Four-alarm fire engulfs Brockton recycling plant

A four-alarm fire ripped through a recycling plant Saturday evening, releasing a dangerous plastic odor into the air.

john l. allen jr. | all things catholic

Francis has a strategy underneath the rhetoric

The pope thinks that Latin America can and should be a counter-weight to some of the corrosive economic forces he sees at work in the world.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/lennybruce_horiz-4302.jpg How Lenny Bruce?s letters came to live at Brandeis

The Bruce papers ? letters, recordings, and photos ? came to Mass. through a series of serendipities.

Jean Julien and his wife Carmelle (foreground) shopped at Vincente?s Supermarket in Brockton.

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

Brockton grocery store and clinic team up to deliver better health

The ?city of champions? is a federally designated food desert ? an urban area critically lacking access to healthy food.

Another season was interrupted by injury when Clay Buchholz had to leave Friday?s start with a strained flexor muscle.

Nick Cafardo | On baseball

It?s another feel-bad story for the Sox? Clay Buchholz

The righthander?s elbow injury isn?t serious, but it adds yet another painful chapter to his history.

There was no room for Roger Clemens, a three-time Cy Young winner with the Red Sox, to get on the ballot of the eight most impactful Boston players.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

More than a few holes in these baseball lineups

Contrived and cheesy ? welcome to the MLB?s ?Franchise Four? voting.

book review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/11/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/77696304-1459.jpg In ?Watchman,? Atticus Finch is deeply flawed

?Go Set A Watchman,? the new novel by Harper Lee, portrays Atticus Finch as a voice of the racism of the mid-1950s.

Citizens Bank CEO Bruce Van Saun visits Father Bill?s Shelter in Quincy, one of the nonprofits the bank supports.

Keith Bedford/Globe Staff

A new leader works on reshaping Citizens Bank

Bruce Van Saun is leading Citizens? transition from a foreign-owned subsidiary to an independent US corporation.

Secretary of State John Kerry met Friday with the American delegation to the nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna.

For Kerry, Iran accord holds wider Mideast importance

Secretary of State John Kerry hopes a hard-won nuclear pact could raise the odds for progress across the Middle East.

A replica of Marquis de Lafayette?s ship, the Hermione, sailed into the Boston Harbor on Saturday.

Historic tall ship sails into Boston

Hundreds packed into a sunny Boston Harbor, some wearing colonial garb, to see the Hermione and celebrate its history.

@large | michael Andor brodeur

In online conversation, saying the unsaid

More and more of what we say to each other is never actually ?said.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Advance/Images/04082012_08weparker2-8236625-1451.jpg Giving the battle of Parker?s Revenge its due

The Minute Man National Historical Park wants the public to learn more about the ambush that took place April 19, 1775.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/chin070815JebBush_met2.jpg To boost economy, Bush says longer work hours needed

The millionaire candidate for president said in an interview that a key to economic growth is for people ?to work longer hours.?

Opinion

State Representative Paul Heroux

JOAN VENNOCHI

The boys on Beacon Hill are still figuring out women

State Rep. Paul Heroux made things very personal with Kristen Lepore, the state?s administration and finance secretary.

The Big Picture

Fans of the US women?s soccer team cheer during the ticker-tape parade to celebrate their World Cup win.

Lucas Jackson/Reuters

The Big Picture

New York City celebrates US Women?s World Cup win

The US women?s soccer team was honored on the streets of New York City Friday with a ticker-tape parade.